Burlington Firefighter Grant to be Voted on Monday

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Burlington’s Firefighter Union is urging residents to attend the city council meeting this coming Monday.

They’re hoping that if there’s a large turnout, the council will accept a $493,000 Federal Grant to hire three new firefighters.

Burlington’s Fire Chief, Matt Trexel says some communities have turned the grant down…

“A lot of them don’t like the idea that we take on extra personnel, and then in two years, if we’re not going to be able to afford them, we’ll have to lay them off. No one likes to layoff firefighters.”

The Burlington Fire Department recently had to reduce their minimum staffing to nine people on duty at a time, because of budget issues.

To show your support for the grant that would provide money to hire 3 firefighters, the Burlington Firefighter’s Union is asking you to attend the April 7th City Council Meeting at 6:30pm at City Hall.

The council does have the option to say no.